Special Issue on Contemporary Research Studies in Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence by Viswanath Kumar Ganesan, S. Vinodh, Malolan Sundararaman, M. Vimala Rani, M. Mathirajan

“…The global market's increasing demand, diverse resource supply options, global competition, and environmental protection needs are driving organizations to adopt sustainable strategies. …”
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µID-TIMS: spatially resolved high-precision U–Pb zircon geochronology by S. Markovic, J.-F. Wotzlaw, D. Szymanowski, J. Reuteler, P. Zeng, C. Chelle-Michou

“…The accuracy and precision of <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>ID-TIMS dates for zircon of any given age depend, as for non-microsampled zircon, on the available mass of U and radiogenic Pb – both a function of sample size. Our accompanying open-source code can aid researchers in estimating the necessary microsample size needed to obtain accurate dates at precision sufficient to resolve the processes under study. …”
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Research on Stacking Distribution of Steel Plates Input Based on Improved Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization by ZHONG Chuanjie, CHENG Wenming, DU Run, GAO Xuchao, ZHANG Lin

“…The inventory balance index was established based on the standard deviation of the number of steel plates allocated to each reservoir to fully mobilize and balance material storage resources during operation. These three indices were utilized to evaluate the degree of stack allocation and served as the objective function to establish a multi-objective decision optimization model for the stack allocation problem of steel plates. …”
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Green Electrode Processing Enabled by Fluoro‐Free Multifunctional Binders for Lithium‐Ion Batteries by Xiuyu Jin, Ziting Zhu, Qiusu Miao, Chen Fang, Di Huang, Raynald Giovine, Linfeng Chen, Chaochao Dun, Jeffrey J. Urban, Yanbao Fu, Defu Li, Katie Liu, Yunfei Wang, Tianyu Zhu, Chenhui Zhu, Wei Tong, Gao Liu

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AnVILWorkflow: A runnable workflow package for Cloud-implemented bioinformatics analysis pipelines [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Sean Davis, Marcel Ramos, Michael C. Schatz, Kai Gravel-Pucillo, Levi Waldron, Sehyun Oh, Martin Morgan, Vincent Carey

“…AnVILWorkflow simplifies the setup of the cloud computing environment, input data formatting, workflow submission, and retrieval of results through intuitive functions. We demonstrate the utility of AnVILWorkflow for three use cases: bulk RNA-seq analysis with Salmon, metagenomics analysis with bioBakery, and digital pathology image processing with PathML. …”
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Processing Challenges and Opportunities of Camel Dairy Products by Tesfemariam Berhe, Eyassu Seifu, Richard Ipsen, Mohamed Y. Kurtu, Egon Bech Hansen

“…Therefore, it is essential to understand the fundamental features of camel milk and initiate detailed multidisciplinary research to fully explore and utilize its functional and technological properties.…”
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Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets by Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann

“…Our approach generates 50,396 completely new datapoints for 15,938 strains, now openly available in the BacDive database, thereby enriching existing phenotypic resources and enabling further research. The open-source software we provide can be readily applied to other datasets, such as those from metagenomic studies, and to various applications, including assessing the potential of soil bacteria for bioremediation.…”
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Enhancing Conservation Efforts in the Qinling Mountains Through Phenotypic Trait Diversity Optimization by Sibo Chen, Xin Fu, Kexin Chen, Jinguo Hua, Qian Rao, Xuewei Feng, Wenli Ji

“…Utilizing diverse types of research data can effectively enhance the recognition of hotspots and conservation gaps. …”
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Honeybee colony soundscapes: Decoding distance-based cues and environmental stressors by Nayan Di, Chunjing Zhu, Zongwen Hu, Muhammad Zahid Sharif, Baizhong Yu, Fanglin Liu

“…These findings highlight the utility of acoustic analysis for studying honey bee behavior and underscore the importance of mitigating environmental stressors to sustain pollinator populations.…”
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A semi-analytical model for flow regime diagnosis in multi-fractured horizontal wells within deep coalbed methane reservoirs by Chang-qing Liu, Zhao-biao Yang, He-qing Chen, Guo-xiao Zhou, Yu-hui Liang, Jun-yu Gu, Yu-qiang Wang, Cun-lei Li, Ben-ju Lu, Shuai-long Feng, Jia-nan Wang

“…In this study, a “dual-porosity and dual-phase” model, which incorporates free and adsorptive gas, coal quality and excess adsorption, has been proposed to better understand gas flow dynamics during extraction from deep coal seams with multi-fractured horizontal wells. Utilizing Laplace transformation and the Gaver-Stehfest numerical inversion method, combined with boundary elements and point-source functions, a semi-analytical solution is derived. …”
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Activity tracking devices in pregnancy: Understanding the participant experience in a longitudinal birth cohort by Ashley Redding, Dionne Coates, Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow, Jennifer K. Straughen, Sara Santarossa

“…Methods: A semi-structured moderator guide was utilized to capture feedback on experiences, adherence to protocols, resources, and best practices for measuring PA during pregnancy. …”
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Forecast Model of Russia’s Gross Domestic Product Depending on Financial Instruments of Trade in Energy and Commodities by Samkov T.L.

“…The ATMO model makes it possible to influence the economy to achieve macroeconomic goals and gives the opportunity to increase the available volumes of energy resources for export, e.g., for functioning of the emerging gas hub in EU.…”
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Transgenic poplar for resistance against pest and pathogen attack in forests: an overview by Swati Sharan, Amrita Chakraborty, Amit Roy, Indrakant K. Singh, Archana Singh, Archana Singh

“…These plants provide wood, which can be utilized as raw resources for the paper industry and as a potential source of biofuel. …”
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Use ATCCfinder to identify commercially available American Type Culture Collection strains based on sequence queries by Samuel I. Koehler, Earl A. Middlebrook, Blake T. Hovde, Erik R. Hanschen

“…ATCCfinder efficiently accesses, queries, and summarizes ATCC resources, identifying purchasable strains homologous to historical sequences, functional genes, operons, and other genetic components.…”
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Insights into the Driving Factors of Methane Emission from Double-Season Rice Field Under Different Fertilization Practices in South China by Jin Zheng, Yusheng Lu, Peizhi Xu, Kaizhi Xie, Changmin Zhou, Yaying Li, Haoyang Geng, Qianyuan Wang, Wenjie Gu

“…Paddy fields are the main agricultural source of greenhouse gas methane (CH₄) emissions. …”
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A Numerical Investigation of Enhanced Microfluidic Immunoassay by Multiple-Frequency Alternating-Current Electrothermal Convection by Qisheng Wu, Shaohua Huang, Shenghai Wang, Xiying Zhou, Yuxuan Shi, Xiwei Zhou, Xianwu Gong, Ye Tao, Weiyu Liu

“…Through thorough numerical simulation, the optimal working frequencies for SWET and TWET are determined, and the resulting synthetic MET flow field is directly utilized for microfluidic immunoassay. MET significantly promotes the binding kinetics on functionalized electrode surface by simultaneous global electrokinetic transport along channel length direction and local chaotic stirring of antigen samples near the reaction site, compared to the situation without flow activation. …”
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Whole-genome sequencing and genomic analysis of four Akkermansia strains newly isolated from human feces by Wenjing Lu, Biqing Zha, Jie Lyu, Chenxi LingHu, Jing Chen, Sisi Deng, Xiangling Zhang, Liang Li, Guoqing Wang

“…These bacteria colonize the mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract and utilize mucin as their sole source of carbon and nitrogen. …”
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Isolation and Purification, Structural Characterization, Hypoglycemic Activity of Soluble β-Glucan from Cordyceps chrysanthemi by Yexin LIN, Guangyu YAN, Yaru WANG, Hua FANG, Hui CHEN, Zhuan HONG

“…Soluble β-glucan from mushroom source had good biological activity, in order to develop and utilize β-glucan (CMBG) in Cordyceps chrysanthemi, this study used Cordyceps chrysanthemi substrate as raw material, and was purified by proteolytic enzyme digestion, adsorption of macroporous resin, and chromatography of DEAE ion-exchange columns, and the decolorization rate and β-glucan retention rate were weighted and scored to feel out the establishment of the optimal purification process conditions. …”
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Thermodynamics and Adsorption of Fe2+ from Oilfield Produced Water using Clay-derived Zeolite by Kingsley Ifeanyi Osuala, Akindele Oyetunde Okewale

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Effects of molybdenum to growth parameters and lipid content of two algae in Scenedesmaceae taxa by Celal Caner, Dilara Erdaği, Büşranur Şeker, Hüseyin Altundağ, Gizem Çeti̇n, Hatice Tunca

“…Fourier Transform InfraRed Spectrometer analysis (FT-IR) was utilized to identify the alterations of specific functional groups such as carboxyl, amine, hydroxyl, and carbonyl in the samples. …”
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